Fair game



July 7, 1925. 1,545,421

A. GiAcoBl FAIR GAME Fld Nov. 8. 1924 www Patented July 7, 1925.

FICE.

ANGE GIACOBI, F PARIS, FRANCE.

FAIR GAME.

Application led November 8, 1924.' Serial No. 748,633.

To all 'whom t may concern,

Beit known that I, ANGE GIAooBr, a citizen of the Republic of France, and residing at'Paris, Seine Department, No.` 3()V Ruev Coqu'illiere, in the Republic of France, industrial, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fair Games, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a game or attraction adapted to be installed in shooting galleries at fairs," in kamusement grounds or the like, which is characterized by the `fact that when the shooter makes a bulls-eye, the lens of a camera` will be uncovered andthe latter will be automatically operated in order to take a. photograph of the shooter.

For this purpose the Acentre of the target*- is connected to aratchet device so that when struck by the projectile, the mechanism will release a sliding plate behind which the carrieraV lens is disposed; the movement of thesaid plate effects the ignition of a charge of magnesium powder by the production of an electric Vspark or by like means, and it also sets off the shutter` of the cameralens. The appended drawings which are given by wayof example show an embodiment of the said invention.

Fig. 1 is anA elevational view of the arrangement observed from the rear, with the camera removed, and y Fig. 2 is a corresponding front elevation. `l4`ig.` 3 is a ,vertical .section on theline A-A'of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 4 is a plan view.

Upon the board or base 1 and in the rear with referenceto the shooter are mounted twoguides 2 having slidable therein a sheet metal plate 3 adapted to close the `aperture 4 in the said board; the said sliding plate is subjected to the action of a counterweight 5 which is attached by the chain 6V to the up-` per partof the said plate which Vit tends to raise in order to uncover the said aperture,

the cha-in being -guidedupon the pulleys 7.

In t e inoperative position, the slidingplate held in the lower position by the follow-v ingV means. p The said plate has at thebot-y toni an apertured lug 8cooperating with the stud 9, Fig. 3, secured toV locking bolt'or tubeylO; to the endof `said tube extending upon the "front face ofthe said board vis secur'edthe disc 11;` at the other` end of the tube are disposed the lugs'12fto which are attache'd the springs 13"*which vare attached-at the board 1 by any suitable means such as the angle brackets 18, in such manner that the lens shall be coaxial with the aperture`4;

the camera shutter is connected by the tube i 20`to a rubber bulb21 which is maintained by a support 22 against a stop-piece 23 ses cured to the rear face of the board; the said sliding plate has'at the topy a` projection24, which on the ascent of the said plate will compress the said bulb against the said stoppiece, thus setting oil' the shutter. l

The sliding vplate 3 also actuates a. suitable illuminating device; the said plate is provided for example with a rod 25`having at the top a brushformed by the flexible strips 26 which are suitably spaced apart and are adapted to close an electric circuit between acontact piece 27 connected to one wire of the electric line' and a contact piece 28 which issituated at an upper point and is secured to al curved rod 29 ending-inV a point which is disposed at a suitable distance from the bottom of acup 30 which is connected to the other wire of the electric cir? cuit and contains a charge of magnesium.

The operation is as follows:

When a projectile strikes the disc 11;.the tube 10 recoils withinthe tube 14, and the stud 9leaves the lug 8, thus releasing the sliding plate 3 which ascends under the ac tion of lthe counterweight 5 and uncovers the lens-'19. The rod 25 makes and breaks the contact between the pieces 27 and 28, and a spark is thus formed between the rod 29 and the cup 30 so Vas to ignite the magnesium; the strips 26 are so disposed that the circuit will be closed several times between the contact'pieces27 and`28, sofas to avoid magnesium is ignited before the camera is put in action. e

lfnorder to bring the said sliding plate to the initial position, a suitable distant control device may be providedcorfi-prisingl for instance a lever 33 which is suitably bentA and is pivoted to the rear face of the board, it being subjected to the action of a. spring 34. The said lever is controlledby a chain 35 which is secured to one end ot' the lever,

and operates Vfor instance upon a supporting pulley 36. To lower the slidingplate, one

draws upon the chainin the direction oit the arrow m, Fig. l; the lever enters into contact with a roller 37 attached to the said plate, kso thatvthe latter will'be lowered until itl engages the stud 9, whereupon the lever 33 is allowed to resume the inoperative position, Fig. 1. e y v p Y w l f This engagement is. facilitated from Athe fact that the stud 9 and the lug 8 each come.

prise-inclined portions `facilitating the sliding of one of these'parts upon the other', for

purposes of engagement. Vhen the sliding plate has been again lowered, lallrthat 1s necessary is to renew the lchargent magnesium, to set the camera shutter in position and to change ther photographic vplateY or iilm, and the device is ready for a succeed;- ing operation.

Obviously, the constructional forms and the arrangement of the several elements 'are susceptible of all suitable modifications without departing from the principle of the 1nvention, which latter consists in the fact ofoperating a photographiccamera by means of the impact of the projectile upon a given point, at the same time producing an artiticial illumination by which the skillful shooter will be photographed. v p

It is obvious that the said cameraymay be mounted in any suitable position, sothat v vthe shooter may be photographed from 'the galleries,installed-fin fairs or the like,1thejk side instead of from the vfront; this event it will be an easyymatter to provide adequate connections between the locking bolt mounts` ed a-t the centre of thetarget and the camera situated at a distance, b-y yany-suitable means of transmission lor" kan electrical, pneumatic` or like character.-

1 n kHaving thus described my process and apparatus, what lfclaim as new therein, and

my. owiiinvention,` is: y

l. Inagame orattraction-ffor shooting;

vgalleries installed in fairs orV the like, the combination 'of a target, a. photographic camera, andnieans connecting. the said tar.

get to the said camera-whereby the camera lenswill ,be uncovered `when tlievishooter makesfa bullseyeandthel shooter .will be tlijusautomati'cally photographed. v.

I 2. In aV gaine-70717 :'attraetion Jfor shooting combination of Jak target, photographie, camera, afgratchet ydevicereceiving;:the irri-,-

pact of the projectile, a sliding plate adapted' to be released by the said ratchet, device and having in the rear thereof` the lens ofv spark, and means connecting Vthe ysaid slid-A ing vplate to the lens of the said calmerafyY 4:. In a; gaine or .attraction for shooting galleries .installed in fairs. or the. like,., ithe combination of. a 'targetA a i)l'iotographic' camera`a board havingv therein an aperture and upon which the said targetk is disposed,y

two guides disposed kupon the* rear face, kof

the said board withreference to. the shooter,`

a plate slidable in the said guides and.'adapted to close the. aperture inthepsaid board, a counterweight connected'to the saidslidf ing plate and adapted to displace the said plate, thus uncoveringthe camera lens and taking the photograph. of the shooter. l when,

the latter `makesabulls-eye. w 4

5....In a game or attraction for shooting galleries installed in fairs or thevk like,.the

combination of a target, `photographisc camera, a boardhaving therein an aperture and upon-which the saidtarget isdisposeck,

two guides disposed uponl the rear face of the said board with reference to the shooter,

, a plate slidablein the said guideskk and adapted to 'close the aperture. in the said board,

means for displacingthe said plate'V in order toV uncover l,the said aperture as well as the lens of the said camera, alugsecured to* the lower part ofutlie said sliding plate, and havingan aperture therein, a stud engaging kthe said aperture, `a locking bolt upon which the said stud is. mounted, one end of the said bolt being adapted to extend upon the front. faceof thegsaid board, and a disc secured:

to this outer end of the bolt yand, forming part of the target.- f

6. In a gamel orattractionor galleries installed in fairs or .the like,`the

combinationofI a target, a *photograph/1c camera, afboard having therein an aperture and upon which the said target is disposed, akt-plate slidable upon the rear face ofk the:

said board with reference tothe shooter and adapted to` close the 'aperture inA the said board aswell as the lens of the; said came/rm;

a rubber bulb' for actuatili the camere shutter, means connectingY saidjbulb witlry the said shutter, ,a stoppiece mounted upon .the rearviface of the said b0ard, 3f, Support main-;

taining the said bulb against the said stoppiece, and a projection disposed upon the said sliding plate and adapted to compress the said bulb against the said stop-piece upon the ascent of the said sliding plate, thereby releasing the shutter of the said camera..

7. In a game or attraction for shootin galleries installed in fairs or the like, the combination of a target, a photographic camera, a board having therein in aperture and upon which the said target is disposed, a plate slidable upon the rear face of the said board With reference to the shooter and adapted to close the aperture in the said board as Well as the lens of the said camera, a rod disposed upon the said sliding plate,

flexible strips mounted upon the said rod and adaptedto close an electric circuit between two Contact pieces whereof one is connected to one of the current wires, a curved rod carrying the second contact piece and ending in a point, a cup connected to the second current Wire and adapted to receive g a charge of magnesium, said point being situated at a suitable distance from the bottorn of the said cup.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name in presence of a subscribing witness.

ANGE GIACOBI. y

Witness MAURICE RoWE. 

